I have tried installing gentoo on ultra sparc 10 workstation,
everytime install fails on emerge system everything prior that goes
as documented. Has anyone noticed any problems with openssl-0.9.6d?
Seems to me that emerge misses openssl.so.0.9.6 file or what does
this error message mean? Even if it says (no error message) still
my installation drops dead.

I have the same problem and I am sure it is as problem with openssl0.9.6d as with a bit of poking about openssl0.9.6c will build, I have not managed to fool portage into using 0.9.6c instead of 0.9.6d for any builds.

The Make script in 0.9.6d is broken for Sparc so we probably need to talk to the openssl people.

Good idea to use the package.mask file. I gave it a go but ran into Postfix compile problem where it askes for functions in the OpenSSL library that arn't supported. Has anybody had any luck fixing this??

Sorry, this post used to contain directions for working around the openssl error, but they turned out to not actually work!
I was able to compile and install openssl 09.7 beta2, and am now recompiling kdebase to see if konqueror can view ssl pages!
I'll post an update when it is finished.

Sorry, this post used to contain directions for working around the openssl error, but they turned out to not actually work!
I was able to compile and install openssl 09.7 beta2, and am now recompiling kdebase to see if konqueror can view ssl pages!
I'll post an update when it is finished.

Actually, they DID work for me...Would you please post them, at least for revision?

This is what I did. (approximated but you will know what needs to be changed)

After getting openssl*gz file and after unpacking it, I stopped (^Z) the 'emerge system' process.
Then I cd to /var/tmp/portage/openssl*/work
Then I edited the Makefile, to change the LD*EXTS to have the value of the one in LD*FLAGS, some where in the Makefile.
(as it is over now, i dont have the exact procedure).
Now resume (fg) the emerge system process. Now all is fine.
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